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Right...which is what you were told/asked in the very first reply. So now that you admit you know the command, so you now know how to run it.
Read the "Question Guidelines" link. Had you done a small bit of research on your own, you'd have found the answer. It's on the Clear Linux site, and I even handed you a link to it, with instructions on where to copy the firmware. You use the regular cp command to do so. You'd even have found a way to enable dnf (the 'upgraded' yum command), on Clear: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...lear-Linux-DNF
since the broadcom wifi drivers are not redistributable there are no available bcmwl kernel source bundles.
Sorry, but are you serious???? You've been given links that tell you why, and where to get them for Clear Linux, including the bundle name. Since all you're missing is the firmware, you can download it from the website of whomever made your wifi card, or get the firmware from pretty much any other Linux distro's RPM file (which are just CPIO archives), and copy it as you were told.
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I have downloaded drivers from the manufacturer but I couldnot install it . If you use clear linux you would know how difficult it is to install.
Which drivers did you download? From where??? What's the file name, for what OS??
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I have spent weeks to fix this problem guys I might be a noob but I have tried my best.
Doubtful, since just searching for your card on the Clear Linux site brought up the bundle name, how to install it, how to install DNF to let you deal with RPM files, etc. And that was found within minutes with a brief search. Hard to imagine why you couldn't have done the same thing, especially since you say you've spent 'weeks'.
Sorry, but are you serious???? You've been given links that tell you why, and where to get them for Clear Linux, including the bundle name. Since all you're missing is the firmware, you can download it from the website of whomever made your wifi card, or get the firmware from pretty much any other Linux distro's RPM file (which are just CPIO archives), and copy it as you were told.
Which drivers did you download? From where??? What's the file name, for what OS??
Doubtful, since just searching for your card on the Clear Linux site brought up the bundle name, how to install it, how to install DNF to let you deal with RPM files, etc. And that was found within minutes with a brief search. Hard to imagine why you couldn't have done the same thing, especially since you say you've spent 'weeks'.
There is no bundle for bcmwl kernel source in the official package manager first of all. I downloaded copied the firmware to the required location and bluetooth worked but not the wifi. I have tried to install RPMs but I get stuck on resolving the dependencies and there is no way to resolve it I even tried installing dependencies one by one but there were too many.
There is no bundle for bcmwl kernel source in the official package manager first of all.
Except for the wifi bundle you've been pointed to.
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I downloaded copied the firmware to the required location and bluetooth worked but not the wifi.
Then you have not copied the right files, or you didn't copy them to the right places. And this is the first time you've said that you even tried to copy anything.
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I have tried to install RPMs but I get stuck on resolving the dependencies and there is no way to resolve it I even tried installing dependencies one by one but there were too many.
..and since all you want is the firmware file (which you NOW say you DID download and copy), you can extract the firmware files from the RPM, and copy them manually. Or you can read the man pages on DNF/RPM commands, that tell you how to install without checking dependencies.
Again, if you've been working on this for 'weeks', these are things you should have tried long ago.
Except for the wifi bundle you've been pointed to.
Then you have not copied the right files, or you didn't copy them to the right places. And this is the first time you've said that you even tried to copy anything.
..and since all you want is the firmware file (which you NOW say you DID download and copy), you can extract the firmware files from the RPM, and copy them manually. Or you can read the man pages on DNF/RPM commands, that tell you how to install without checking dependencies.
Again, if you've been working on this for 'weeks', these are things you should have tried long ago.
There are too many dependencies and too many folders must be created so I tried installing without dependencies but it did not work
There are too many dependencies and too many folders must be created so I tried installing without dependencies but it did not work
Sorry, I don't think anyone here is going to be able to help you. It seems as if you don't listen or want to think about what you're doing.
Again: you can easily install WITHOUT DEPENDENCIES. Saying "did not work" tells us nothing, and if you DID try to install without dependencies, all the 'many folders' would have been **CREATED FOR YOU**
AGAIN: you can extract the firmware from the RPM file by simply extracting the contents. You don't bother to say WHAT RPM file you got, from where, or what you've done with it thus far, and we're tired of guessing and trying to get you to follow simple advice. Extract the firmware file from whatever mystery RPM you got, and copy it. That's it. Can't be more simple for you than that, and *AGAIN*, if you've spent 'weeks' working on this, and can't manage to copy a file, it'd probably be best for you to use something else.
I have used linux for the past three months only. I found clear linux faster than other distros thats why I was trying to get my wifi to work on that OS.
AGAIN: You can install it with a no dependency check.
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and the rpm is built for fedora, not clear linux.
...which still doesn't matter, since you only want a firmware file out of it.
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can you look inside the rpm and tell me which files are to be copied in which folder?
Can I? Yes...will I? No...this is your system. You have been pointed to MANY references, and given hints and commands to let you open the RPM file yourself. You were handed a link to the Clear OS site, specifically TELLING YOU what to copy where. At some point, you have to show actual thought and effort of your own.
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I have used linux for the past three months only. I found clear linux faster than other distros thats why I was trying to get my wifi to work on that OS.
And if you bothered to read their website, you'd see why; it lacks a LOT, this being one of the things. If you cannot do basic research, follow simple instructions, or think about what you've been told, there is **NOTHING MORE** we can tell you. Either load something else like Mint, or buy a different wifi card.
I did extract and copy the files from the rpm to the firmware folder and it did not work. Also installed yum and tried the yum commands and it did not work as well. Maybe I wont be able to do this. Thanks for the help I know I have been annoying but I am new to linux so forgive me.
I did extract and copy the files from the rpm to the firmware folder and it did not work.
Then why did you say you could NOT do that? Why did you ask ME to download the file, and open it up for you, and tell you where to copy it, if you had already done it???
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Also installed yum and tried the yum commands and it did not work as well.
And you were asked what "yum commands" you tried. You were told repeatedly that you can easily read the man page for yum/dnf, and get the option to install with no dependencies. But you apparently haven't done it.
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Maybe I wont be able to do this. Thanks for the help I know I have been annoying but I am new to linux so forgive me.
Has nothing to do with being 'new to linux', but everything to do with not listening to what folks are telling you, not showing any efforts of your own, and not asking a clear question.
Saying "did not work" tells us NOTHING. We cannot help if you don't tell us what you've done/tried. We can't guess as to "yum commands". We don't know where you copied things, how. We aren't going to guess, and we shouldn't have to keep asking over and over (two pages now), to try to get you to tell us. Sorry, just not going to. Either think and provide details, or load some other OS.
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